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Originally Posted by Occasional Fan And you say it could be a nice little ground for 43,000. That comment always makes me laugh as an Englishman. Lord's accommodates just over half that, and we don't have a cricket ground in the country which comes close to 40,000. |
I meant more in the way the pitch is very small by international standards, not so much the crowd capacity.
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Originally Posted by Andy Mellon I find it difficult to believe that Eden Park could survive as a purely cricket ground. |
Yeah, they would need to find another use for it in the winter months. Concerts are out as it's in a suburban area.
*Edit* Actually thinking about, would they need other events in the winter? How do other Cricket venues around the world survive? What about the Basin in the winter months? Lords or The Oval?